Where did Bertie Wooster's money come from?
Wasi Imam
short stories there is a mention of him having a sister,,but that wasnt
mentioned ever again either,,,so how did he live??
John Winters
He appears to be a gentleman of independent means, which presumably
means his parents left him a tidy sum so he never has to worry about
such things. He does specify at one point that he's not financially
dependent on Aunt Agatha and he occasionally offers to help out a chum
in need (although it's usually declined).
Presumably he isn't quite as rolling in it as, say, Oofy Prosser because
he isn't the immediate target of penniless members of the Drones.
John
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Ken Cashion
>I couldnt find that information in any of his books although in one of the
>short stories there is a mention of him having a sister,,but that wasnt
>mentioned ever again either,,,so how did he live??
He is known in the Drones as being pretty well off and
occasionally he is "hit" on by various cousins and friends hard in
love but soft in wallet.
He is often liberal enough that one thinks he only
occasionally might fret the pound.
Much that he does for relatives is not that he is financially
dependent on them (then or in the future) but that he is just a swell
egg.
Cheers -- Ken Cashion
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David M. Harris
> In article <20000925055955...@ng-de1.aol.com>,
> Wasi Imam <wasi...@aol.com> wrote:
> >I couldnt find that information in any of his books although in one of the
> >short stories there is a mention of him having a sister,,but that wasnt
> >mentioned ever again either,,,so how did he live??
>
> He appears to be a gentleman of independent means, which presumably
> means his parents left him a tidy sum so he never has to worry about
> such things. He does specify at one point that he's not financially
> dependent on Aunt Agatha and he occasionally offers to help out a chum
> in need (although it's usually declined).
>
> Presumably he isn't quite as rolling in it as, say, Oofy Prosser because
> he isn't the immediate target of penniless members of the Drones.
>
There is a passing reference somewhere to a young woman being interested in
"the Wooster millions," but that may be dramatic license. (Bearing in mind
that in the twilit world in which this stuff is set, a million is very serious
money.)
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Ken Cashion
<coldFAK...@earthADDRESSlink.net> wrote:
>John Winters wrote:
<snip>
>There is a passing reference somewhere to a young woman being interested in
>"the Wooster millions," but that may be dramatic license. (Bearing in mind
>that in the twilit world in which this stuff is set, a million is very serious
>money.)
You know, a million is pretty serious money even now -- down
here in south Mississippi, that is, Suh.
g.lauber
Ken Cashion <kcas...@datasync.com> wrote in message
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> On 25 Sep 2000 09:59:55 GMT, wasi...@aol.com (Wasi Imam) wrote:
>
> >I couldnt find that information in any of his books although in one of
the
> >short stories there is a mention of him having a sister,,but that wasnt
> >mentioned ever again either,,,so how did he live??
>
> occasionally he is "hit" on by various cousins and friends hard in
> love but soft in wallet.
> He is often liberal enough that one thinks he only
> occasionally might fret the pound.
> Much that he does for relatives is not that he is financially
> dependent on them (then or in the future) but that he is just a swell
> egg.
>
>
>
If you don't mind an intrusion from a new person who has been following the
discourse for some time now I believe I can shed some light on the matter at
hand.
There is some indication in Wodehouse that Bertie's late father was an
"empire-builder". (I know I've seen the references somewhere but can't lay
my hands on them just at the moment...) This of course means that he made
vast sums of money exploiting India or something of that nature. This would
parallel PGW's own life experience as the son of an empire-building cove who
was left at home in England to be brought up by aunts. Although, by his own
account, they were aunts of the good-and-deserving rather than the
barbed-wire-next-to-the-skin variety.
"Juicy" Scott-Lauber
Algy Little
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"g.lauber" <g.la...@home.com> wrote:
<snippy>
> There is some indication in Wodehouse that Bertie's late father was an
> "empire-builder". (I know I've seen the references somewhere but
can't lay
> my hands on them just at the moment...) This of course means that he
made
> vast sums of money exploiting India or something of that nature
Hmmm....
I always believed he inherited his money from one of his uncles.
There is surely a reference in one of the books that says "My Uncle
Wilberforce was still alive then, so I was pretty much dependent on him
for the bread and butter" or something like that.
Ring a bell with anyone else?
Waggles
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Nic Ferrier
> he isn't the immediate target of penniless members of the Drones.
I seem to remember that he's officially the second richest man in the Drones.
The reason he doesn't get touched that often is because all self respecting
penniless Drones see Oofy as the bigger challenge for the bigger payout.
A gentleman always bets on outsiders.
Ferrier
David M. Harris
> On Mon, 25 Sep 2000 14:04:15 GMT, " David M. Harris"
> <coldFAK...@earthADDRESSlink.net> wrote:
>
> >John Winters wrote:
>
> <snip>
> >There is a passing reference somewhere to a young woman being interested in
> >"the Wooster millions," but that may be dramatic license. (Bearing in mind
> >that in the twilit world in which this stuff is set, a million is very serious
> >money.)
>
> You know, a million is pretty serious money even now -- down
> here in south Mississippi, that is, Suh.
Invested with reasonable care, a million nowadays is $50,000 a year. A long-haul
trucker could make more than that.
The Duke of Dunstable
Nic Ferrier <nfer...@tapsellferrier.co.uk> wrote in message
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> > Presumably he isn't quite as rolling in it as, say, Oofy Prosser because
> > he isn't the immediate target of penniless members of the Drones.
>
> I seem to remember that he's officially the second richest man in the
Drones.
>
But surely Tipton Plimsoll ought to qualify as the second richest, if not
THE richest.
regards
DoD
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on his Uncle Wilberforce.
However I wish to draw your attention to a rather brainy couple of
coves from Oxford who have written this dashed brainy book about the
entire litany of Wodehouse. In there there are quite a few deductions
as to where Bertie got his millions from. I apologize for sounding like
Freddie Widgeon or one of the Crumpets, but for the life of me I cannot
remember the name of the book.
Sam the Sudden
Algy Little
"surging sea of aunts" did marry into trade.
His key uncle is George "Piggy" Wooster, the Earl of Yaxley. This
besotted Boodles member apparently is childless, and may pass the
Earldom to our Bertie. There'll
always be an England!!
bob...@my-deja.com
> Invested with reasonable care, a million nowadays is $50,000 a year.
A long-haul
> trucker could make more than that.
Which is why it would be so foolish to invest it. Blow it! That's what I
say.
Give me a million dollars and you'll see reckless spending that will
make Diamond Jim Brady stand up and take notice.
The tradition, of course, is to blow it on "fast women and slow horses."
Traditionalist that I am, still I've never much cared for the ponies, so
I fear that the bookies will have to look elsewhere for their daily
bread. And as for the women, I've never much cared about their speed, as
long as they're blonde and busty, I ...
What's that? Oh, Molly darling, I was just talking with some friends . .
. What? "Blonde and busty"? Me? Why would I say something like that? I
was just saying that the bond market has gone bust -- terrible things
happening on the Street, terrible.
(Psst -- I'll have to get back to you folks later).
George Finch
Wasi Imam
of this Uncles. But that was never mentioned again. His sister however was
mentioned in the short story from Jeeve's prospective,,and he also mentioned
she was coming back from India.